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The evening advanced. The shadows lengthened. The waters of the lake grew pitchy black. The gliding of the ghostly swans became rare and more rare.
Wilkie Collins
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Wilkie Collins
Age: 65 †
Born: 1824
Born: January 8
Died: 1889
Died: September 23
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London
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The horrid mystery hanging over us in this house gets into my head like liquor, and makes me wild.
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The law will argue any thing, with any body who will pay the law for the use of its brains and its time.
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Men little know when they say hard things to us how well we remember them, and how much harm they do us.
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